National Association of National Association of State Liaisons for State Liaisons for

Workforce DevelopmentWorkforce Development

Business Relations Group Business Relations Group August 22, 2003August 22, 2003

eta EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATIONUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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eta The Vision

• Creating a Demand-DrivenCreating a Demand-Driven

System to Ensure System to Ensure

No Worker is Left BehindNo Worker is Left Behind

eta The Business Relations Group

• ETA has created the Business ETA has created the Business Relations Group as a catalyst Relations Group as a catalyst within the public workforce system within the public workforce system to promote and enhance our focus to promote and enhance our focus on being demand driven.on being demand driven.

eta The Power of e3

• EmploymentEmployment

• EducationEducation

• Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development

eta The Business Relations Group

• Work collaboratively with our Work collaboratively with our partners to build the capacity of partners to build the capacity of the public workforce system to be the public workforce system to be demand driven and responsive demand driven and responsive

• Educate the business community Educate the business community about the value of the public about the value of the public workforce system and support workforce system and support improved access to servicesimproved access to services

eta The Business Relations Group

• Work with our workforce partners, Work with our workforce partners, community colleges & training community colleges & training providers, and business & providers, and business & industry to promote industry to promote understanding of high growth and understanding of high growth and emerging industries and support emerging industries and support innovative strategies to address innovative strategies to address their workforce challengestheir workforce challenges

eta The Business Relations Group

MAJOR INITIATIVESMAJOR INITIATIVES

• Partnerships for JobsPartnerships for Jobs

• President’s High Growth Job President’s High Growth Job Training InitiativeTraining Initiative

eta ETA BRG Liaisons

Organizing for SuccessOrganizing for Success

• State Business CoordinatorsState Business Coordinators

• Regional Business LiaisonsRegional Business Liaisons

• ETA National Office LiaisonsETA National Office Liaisons

eta Partnerships for Jobs

Brokering the Brokering the connection of large, connection of large,

national-in-scope national-in-scope businesses to public businesses to public workforce systemworkforce system

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Sixteen Current and ContinuingSixteen Current and ContinuingNational Business PartnersNational Business Partners

Partnerships Partnerships forfor JOBSJOBSServing America’s workers by effectively meeting the needs of business.

eta Benefits of Partnership

Find the right workers, with Find the right workers, with the right skills, at the right the right skills, at the right time!time!• Access to qualified workers• Reduction of recruiting costs• Increased Retention• Improved Diversity• Good Corporate Citizenship• Support during downsizing/rightsizing

eta Partnerships for Jobs

Partnership Strategies Partnership Strategies – National roll-out eventsNational roll-out events– Targeted regional/local marketsTargeted regional/local markets– Web site: www.nbpjobs.orgWeb site: www.nbpjobs.org– Educating HR staff on workforce systemEducating HR staff on workforce system– Local models for replicationLocal models for replication– Development of tools for information Development of tools for information

sharingsharing– The list is growingThe list is growing

eta High-Growth Job Training Initiative (HGJTI)

• Building America’s skilled Building America’s skilled workforce to provide workers workforce to provide workers with paths to career enhancing with paths to career enhancing opportunities in high-growth opportunities in high-growth occupationsoccupations

eta High-Growth Definition

““High-Growth” is defined as industries High-Growth” is defined as industries that have… that have… – High-growth in new jobs;High-growth in new jobs;– High rate of change in workforce skill High rate of change in workforce skill

needs; andneeds; and– New and emerging careersNew and emerging careers

eta HGJTI Targeted Industries

• Automotive ServicesAutomotive Services

• BiotechnologyBiotechnology

• GeospatialGeospatial

• ConstructionConstruction

• Health ServicesHealth Services

• Information TechnologyInformation Technology

• High-Tech ManufacturingHigh-Tech Manufacturing

• Retail TradeRetail Trade

• TransportationTransportation

eta HGJTI Outcomes

• Targeted investment of workforce Targeted investment of workforce development resources and support for development resources and support for private and public sector partnerships private and public sector partnerships to ensure the development of workers to ensure the development of workers skills in demand occupations based on skills in demand occupations based on industry need.industry need.

• Increased integration of community and Increased integration of community and technical college efforts with business technical college efforts with business and the public workforce system to and the public workforce system to meet the skills training needs of high-meet the skills training needs of high-growth industriesgrowth industries

eta HGJTI Outcomes

• Increased opportunities for employers Increased opportunities for employers to use registered apprenticeship to use registered apprenticeship training as a skills development training as a skills development methodology, combining on-the-job methodology, combining on-the-job training and academics, to ensure a training and academics, to ensure a pipeline of skilled workerspipeline of skilled workers

• Providing workers with paths to career Providing workers with paths to career enhancing opportunities in high growth enhancing opportunities in high growth occupations.occupations.

eta HGJTI Cycle / Process

eta Working with Business & Industry

• Research & identify workforce Research & identify workforce challengeschallenges

• Build partnerships to develop and Build partnerships to develop and implement innovative strategies to implement innovative strategies to address challengesaddress challenges

• Build knowledge and capacity of Build knowledge and capacity of the workforce system to be the workforce system to be responsiveresponsive

eta Other BRG Activities

• Capacity BuildingCapacity Building

• Rapid ResponseRapid Response

eta How To Find Us

Gay Gilbert, DirectorGay Gilbert, Director

Business Relations GroupBusiness Relations Group

U.S. Department of LaborU.S. Department of Labor

Employment and Training Employment and Training AdministrationAdministration

(202) 693-3949(202) 693-3949